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Re:Why Amazon buying webOS from HP is a no-brainer by kenjackson on Monday October 03, 2011 @12:10PM (#3066814)
Amazon should do a tablet with a LCD screen on one side and eInk on the other. They can share a lot of components (battery, CPU, radios), so it may not be as bulky as one might think. And then you could read a book inside on LCD, step outside, flip the device over and you're reading the same page in eInk. Likewise for webpages.
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Re:Why Amazon buying webOS from HP is a no-brainer by sliverstorm on Monday October 03, 2011 @12:20PM (#3066864)
There is, or at least was, actually at least one dual LCD/eInk display. It is called the Pixel Qi.
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Re:Why Amazon buying webOS from HP is a no-brainer by kenjackson on Monday October 03, 2011 @12:46PM (#3067033)
Yeah the Pixel Qi and Mirasol displays just never looked very good IMO. I saw the Notion Ink Adam videos in sunlight and it didn't look very good. Nothing like the Kindle. I think the technology to do both in a single display is just not there. Otherwise I think Amazon would have used it.
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Re:Why Amazon buying webOS from HP is a no-brainer by justincormack on Monday October 03, 2011 @01:45PM (#3067246)
I saw a Mirasol device (demo model) and it was lovely, both in sunlight and indoors.
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